Bizarre "Inception" Set Footage

Today we have a video from the set of Christopher Nolan's upcoming "Inception" thriller, featuring a freight train speeding through a street that contains no tracks. Check it out below.

You may now get your chance to visit the filming for yourself, since Nolan has announced that he is auctioning off a set visit to "Inception" to help raise funds for the Pablove Foundation, which supports pediatric cancer research and treatment.

The winning bidder of the eBay auction, which ends today (September 30th), gets to have lunch with the director next month and observe him work.

@ SkippySpartan: I was thinking the same thing. Nolan is one the greatest true directors nowadays, and unless it's almost impossible to make it the real way, he uses the limited CGI as possible, and for the scene to work, not to replace something that doesn't work.

On a serious note, i don't see why more directors use practical effects. I guess though movies aren't really about anything now except flashy effects. (See: The Day the Earth Stood Still, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Terminator Salvation, 300)

@dandythelion The way you feel about Nolan is the way I feel about Lil' Wayne. You know in your heart he isn't "sh*tty" but because some people claim he is the best, you voice an opinion that is more in response to fans/critics than the actual person.

I for one am a huge Nolan fan. I vividly remember watching Memento for the first time with my dad, cousin, and mom on VHS when I was eleven. It was the one of the more bizzare movies that I had seen up to that point in my life, and I was blown away. It was my red pill. I am eagerly anticipating this film not only because of Nolan, but also the cast and story. Me saying both are MONSTER!!! is an understatement.

Nolan fans do j*zz their pants over every move he makes (post-dark knight mostly) but I feel it is understandable. I believe a lot of his fans are relatively young like myself. People who were born in the late eighties/nineties missed out on hysteria over director/writers like Francis Ford Coppola, Wilder, Horny Allen, Stanley Kubrick, James Cameron, Stoner, the Coen Brothers, Michael Mann, Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, and Sam Raimi. Many of those directors are still going strong, but my generation didn't catch them at the beginning of their careers.

It is very exciting to grow up with directors like Nolan, Aronofsky, Shyamalan, S. Coppola, Wes Anderson, Chan-wook Park, Edgar Wright, Alfonso Cuaron, Richard Kelley, and Michel Gondry because whether or not they ever reach the status of some of the legendary directors above, they have certainly made splashes after only a few films.

The potential is certainly there for any of these directors this early on in their careers. I singled out these directors because of their extended hand in the writing process of the films they have/are currently directed/directing.

P.S. I am sorry for any glaring omissions of director/writers I left off of either list. I believe I have made my point, otherwise.

@ Dandy
WTF.....you defended Uwe Balls, but insulted Nolan, whom is one of the best current directors of our day and age.

@ Skippy
Couldn't have said that better myself :)
Nolan is an awesome man, i worked with him on the TDK set, was a runner for the UK set

But this film does looks f*cked up amazing, but the point is going to be the delivery and execution of the plot and how well the auidence understand it.
I do reckon were over rating Nolan due to his excellent success with TDK

What's the big f*ck all about? This is a modified truck and they've made a fiberglass cover to give it the look of a train. For some reason - the "train" will off it's track and rush through the city... Just another disposable movie... Move on - nothing to see here...